Fox Searchlight Taps Meredith Milton as Senior VP Production

Meredith Milton has been named senior vp production at Fox Searchlight.

Milton will report to Searchlight co-heads of production Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum, who made Thursday's announcement.

Prior to joining Fox Searchlight, Milton was director of development at Summit Entertainment. After Summit's merger with Lionsgate, she became an executive vp at Lionsgate. Prior to this, the Princeton grad was an assistant at WME.

During her tenure at Summit and Lionsgate, Milton oversaw projects that include the Step Up franchise, Draft Day and Age of Adaline.